Backbone does in the docs recommend "bootstrapping" your data to eliminate the round-trip to get the initial JSON. I personally don't usually do that myself si

Backbone does in the docs recommend "bootstrapping" your data to eliminate the round-trip to get the initial JSON. I personally don't usually do that myself since the call to the server for JSON doesn't have a significant visual effect (to my eyes anyway). Whereas two different ways of loading data creates more testing and maintenance (on the server as well as the client) Something about sending Javascript from the server seems like mixing up the application layers and creating dependencies that shouldn't' be there. I can see it perhaps if the code that you "own" is 100% on the server. Maybe I'm old school and it's just something that will have to sink in a bit before it makes sense to me.